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The author appears to run "strings" on the binaries and then goes on to shoot a few theories in the dark: > The developers of the malware are leading experts i
by matt_wulfeck 10y ago
The author appears to run "strings" on the binaries and then goes on to shoot a few theories in the dark:
> The developers of the malware are leading experts in the area of Linux, Network and Security development.
> They were discovered and not trained.
> Because the archive contains a collection of applications, the calculated result-set is reasonable small for further investigations.
- drvdevd 10y agoAlso: > LinkedIn will show you the professional discipline, GitHub the shared libraries and their publicity. I would guess that NSA has a firm grasp on this sort of basic OSINT problem and code attribution techniques.
- wjnc 10y agoRetroactively scrubbing a programmers published work and social media participance is a red flag in itself.
- dogma1138 10y agoIndeed from what we also know or is suspected at least this is a group which is external to the NSA. It could consist of former NSA employees and military personnel but it's not clear if this is a fully sanctioned group or just really good hackers for hire.
- lostboys67 10y agoLike many NSA or GCHQ developers will have a public account on github